Comparison

Hydro One Mobile vs GEA FarmView

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Hydro One Mobile

Manage your electricity service and stay informed about power outages. View your bills, account balance, and usage details. Access a real-time outage map with estimated restoration times and affected customer numbers.

Highlights
  • View bills and account balance
  • Sign up for paperless billing
  • Sign up for SMS notifications
  • View usage details
  • Real-time power outage map
  • Outage restoration estimates
Features
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We work hard to ensure that Hydro One customers have access to the information they need when they need it. The NEW Hydro One mobile application makes it easy for customers to manage their Hydro One service and get the latest information about power outages in your area. NEW – Customers can now access myAccount self-service within the app! Enabling Hydro One customers to: • View their bill and account balance • Sign up for paperless billing • Sign up for SMS notifications • View ‘time of use’ usage details and more! Power Outage Map Our power outage map lets you know if there is a power outage at home or the cottage. It is updated every 10 minutes with detailed outage information, including: • Number of customers affected • Estimated restoration time • Cause of the outage (if known) • Repair crew status The Outage Maps use colour-coded symbols to display the number of customers without service and their locations. Hydro One recognizes that this is crucial information for our customers. Now you can access it on the go.

About

GEA FarmView

Monitor your automatic milking system's performance and receive real-time alerts. This software solution provides a comprehensive overview of your system's health, enabling early detection of issues and quick remote access for troubleshooting. Ensure your investment is protected with daily data backups and intelligent warning systems.

Highlights
  • Condition monitoring of automatic milking systems
  • Performance analysis (milk yield, duration, workload)
  • Daily data backups
  • Live view of milking process
  • Intelligent warning system with push notifications
  • Remote access to system and herd management PCs
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Protect your investment of the milking system with a modern software solution for condition monitoring of your automatic milking system. Additionally to the web application, you will have a complete overview about your system’s performance with the mobile apps at any time and from everywhere. Receive all the benefits of FarmView by signing a service contract with your dealership. Performance analysis: Milk yield, milking duration, attachment performance, work load of your system and many other parameters can be analyzed per box or per system. That way negative tendencies will be recognized in time and down times can be prevented. Daily data backup: FarmView provides daily backups of your herd management software, so that in case of a PC breakdown the latest data will always be available. Live view of the milking process: In times of automation in which a steady presence during the milking process is not required, you will get a holistic overview about the current milking process. Intelligent warning system You will receive all system alarms per push message and/or e-mail to your smartphone. You can also customize your own warnings for the system parameters that are most important to you. Quick reaction times due to remote access: Through FarmView you will able to remote access your system PC or herd management PC. That way, you can access your data from anywhere to monitor or review your operation. As well, your dealer technician can get quick access to your data and can support you quickly in case of an emergency.

Screenshots

Hydro One Mobile4 screens
GEA FarmView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GEA FarmView at 5.0 against Hydro One Mobile's 3.0. GEA FarmView also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Hydro One Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (11% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GEA FarmView holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 11% of Hydro One Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of GEA FarmView's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hydro One Mobile ships an update every 7 months, GEA FarmView every 13 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hydro One Mobile versus GEA FarmView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHydro One MobileGEA FarmView
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews11.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB60 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHydro One IncorporatedGEA Farm Technologies GmbH

Customer experience

Hydro One Mobile

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive11.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative83.1%

GEA FarmView

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Hydro One Mobile

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • In-app messages show 'unsupported browser'
  • View bill function stopped working
  • Login issues on iPad
  • Blank page on login
Show 16 more
  • Stuck spinning after login
  • App keeps notifying an update is available when none exists
  • Fails to get data from Hydro One
  • Reporting outages gives an error
  • Map shows almost no outages
  • Signs out every time you try to go back to the main menu
  • Consistently have trouble logging in
  • Poor connectivity
  • Can never log in anymore, takes forever
  • Impossible to log in
  • App does not login, fails registration, password change
  • Extremely slow when it does work
  • Loading account, nothing shows up
  • Login is glitchy
  • Clicking done to go back logs you out
  • Auto logs the user out when clicking 'done' after viewing the current bill in PDF format

Requested features

15 requests
  • Invest in a proper app focused on usage and billing
  • Add outage notifications
  • Add a widget for power status
  • Add face recognition for logging in
  • Add account access and user-friendly displays
Show 10 more
  • Add real-time updates
  • Add billing support integration
  • Add personal usage information
  • Add outage alerts/notifications
  • Add usage details
  • Allow users to remain signed in
  • Allow viewing usage & bills without re-entering info
  • Add option to print bill
  • Add face recognition or thumb print login
  • Fix auto-logout when viewing PDF

GEA FarmView

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hydro One Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

GEA FarmView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hydro One Mobile free?
Hydro One Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GEA FarmView free?
GEA FarmView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hydro One Mobile or GEA FarmView?
GEA FarmView is rated higher. Hydro One Mobile averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while GEA FarmView averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Hydro One Mobile or GEA FarmView have ads?
Neither Hydro One Mobile nor GEA FarmView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hydro One Mobile or GEA FarmView?
Hydro One Mobile ships an update every 7 months, and GEA FarmView every 13 months. Most recently, Hydro One Mobile was updated on November 1, 2026 and GEA FarmView on November 1, 2026.

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